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Monthly Archives: June 2007

This shopping blog has it perks: pampering makeovers, fashion shows and numerous invites to area shopping events. It also keeps me on top of the latest products, fashions and local happenings. My most recent invite was to a cocktail party event – down on the streets dubbed “The Fashion District” – at Ashley & Victoria [...]

Nowadays, keeping up with our children’s needs is not only exhausting but expensive. The long lineup of sports teams and uniforms, or music lessons and equipment, not to mention the everyday clothes that fit fine one day but are too small the next. Moms and sisters and friends have long helped each other out by [...]

I had the pleasure of meeting Jeanne Bianchi, an independent consultant for the skin-care line Arbonne International, a few months back at a downtown Portsmouth shopping extravaganza where she and other shop owners displayed a variety of their products. After her presentation, I got a chance to chat with her about the line. This wasn’t [...]

I now understand why Stacy London and Clinton Kelly of “What Not to Wear” convert participants from dowdy to dashing by using the three-tier mirror – it doesn’t lie. I had my own three-tier mirror scare while shopping with my sister for a new swimsuit last week and discovered the awful truth. I need to [...]